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skim (SKIM) (verb)
1. To remove a layer of something from the surface of a liquid: "The cook wanted to skim the fat from the broth."
2. To look over or to read something quickly; especially, to find the main ideas: "She only had time to skim the reading assignment before the class started."
3. To move quickly or lightly along, above, or near the surface of something: "It was interesting to see the ducks skim over the lake before landing in the water."
skimp (SKIMP) (verb)
To spend less time, money, etc., on something that is needed; to provide for or to supply inadequately; to be stingy with: "When it comes to their child's safety, parents should not skimp."

"For the sake of our health, we should not skimp on sleep."

"His written instructions certainly don't skimp on details."

skin (SKIN) (noun)
1. The natural outer layer of tissue that covers the body of a person or an animal: "She had to be careful not to let the sun burn her skin."
2. The outer cover of a fruit, vegetable, etc.: "He was told that potato skin is nutritious."
skin (SKIN) (verb)
Informal, to skin someone alive; that is, to punish someone severely: "His mother is going to skin him alive when she finds out about the window that he broke while playing baseball in the front yard."

Don't skimp on your efforts to skim the fat from a cooled soup base that was made from boiling the skin, the flesh, and the bones of a chicken; as well as, from vegetables.

Word Entries at Get Words: “skimp
skimp (verb), skimps; skimped; skimping
1. To spend insufficient time, money, etc., on something when more is needed: For the sake of being healthy, people should not skimp on exercise or sleep.
2. To work carelessly, rapidly, or to use poor material in the construction of something: Marina's roof is leaking because the contractor skimped on the quality of the materials he was using.

Too many dictionaries; especially, medical and scientific lexicons, are skimping on their definitions to such a degree that they are often too difficult for users to understand what the word entries actually mean.

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